Diarra Sow

diarra sow at the 2025 big ten outdoor championships

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
Jumps
Hometown:
Horsham, United Kingdom
Prev School:
College of Richard Collyer

2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season: Was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for work in the classroom... Reached Second Team All-American status in the triple jump, finishing 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a jump of 13.19m (43-3 1/4)... Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional in Fayetteville, Ark., (13.51m, +3.2 m/s wind)... Had a season-best wind-legal mark of 13.43m (44-0 3/4) at the Desert Heat Classic, winning the meet... Was sixth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 12.97m (42-6 3/4)... Helped the team bring home its first outdoor conference team title since 2018... Was the champion o f the LSU Alumni Gold in the triple jump with a mark of 13.11m (43-0 1/4) and was sixth in the long jump... Claimed the victory at the Clyde Hart Classic in Waco, Texas, in the triple jump with a mark of 13.10m (42-11 3/4)... Opened the season at the Hurricane Invitational in Miami, finishing second in the triple jump and 12th in the long jump... Had a season-best long jump mark of 5.99m (19-8), missing out on the program top 10 list by one centimeter... Ended the season with the No. 2 outdoor mark in the triple jump in school history (13.43m), just behind Shani Marks' 13.79m (45-3) school record set in 2003... Was ranked No. 9 nationally in the triple jump at the end of the season (13.43m).

2024 Indoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season: Was undefeated during the indoor regular season in the triple jump, claiming five victories across four states... Was fourth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a leap of 12.99m (42-7 1/2)... Posted a winning mark, and seasons best, of 13.15m (43-1 3/4) at the Windy City Invite... Won the Gopher Classic, Simmons-Harvey, Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite and the M City Indoor Classic in the triple jump... Ended the season with the No. 2 indoor triple jump mark in school history (13.15m) just behind Shani Marks' school record 13.39m (43-11 1/4)... At the end of the indoor season was nationally ranked 19th in the triple jump.

2023 Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Took a redshirt season.

2023 Indoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Suffered an injury at the Big Ten Indoor Championships during the triple jump, which held her out of the outdoor season... Jumped in six different meets for the Gophers during her first season in Dinkytown... Made her Minnesota debut at the Ice Breaker Open at South Dakota State in the triple and long jump, winning both... Posted a lifetime best long jump of 5.82m (19-1 1/4) at the Jack Johnson Classic... Finished as the runner-up at the Meyo Invitational in the triple jump with a season best mark of 12.83m (42-1 1/4)... Finished 16th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the long jump with a leap of 5.21m (17-1 1/4).

HIGH SCHOOL:
Making the trip from Europe to the United State to join the Gophers is Diarra Sow out of the United Kingdom. An outstanding jumper out of Horsham, United Kingdom, Sow joins the Maroon and Gold with some serious credentials. She was the Italian U18 Championship Triple Jump Champion and earned a runner-up finish at the U20 Italian meet. Sow brings in a personal best mark in the triple Jump of 13.08m (42-11).